FOREWORD 



This is bulletion No. 44 in the series of annual reports on the 

 International Ice Observation and Ice Patrol Service. 



Authors of the section of this bulletin dealing with oceanography 

 were Oceanographer Floyd M. Soule and Lt. R. M. Morse. The 

 remainder was written by Lt.Comdr. R. P. Dinsmore. 



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